Ring-inserting device



H. 0. AND E. KLAPMElER.

RING INSERTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 1UNE28. l9l9.

1,32 1,758. Patented Nov. '11, 1919.

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H. C. AND E. KLAPMEIER. RING INSERTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION,HLED JUNE 28. 19:9.

. 1,321,758. Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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HERMAN C. KLAPIVIEIER AND ELMER KLAPMEIER, OF MORA, MINNESOTA.

RING-INSER'IIN' G DEVICE.

Application filed June 28, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

it known that we, HERMAN O. KLAP- MEIER and ELMER KLAPMEIER, citizens of the United States, residing at Mora, in the county of Kanabec and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ring-Inserting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved ring inserting device and the principal object of the invention is to provide a device which may hold a ring to be put in place and which is so constructed that a trigger releasably holding the ring engaging hammer in a. set position may be moved to a releasing position by engagement with the hogs nose.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this ring inserting device that the staple to form the ring may be held'in the proper position for piercing the shout of the hog and quickly inserted when the trigger is moved to a releasing position thus permitting the ring to be inserted with a minimum amount of pain to the animal.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this device that it will be easy to operate, the insertion of the staple or ring being accomplished through the medium of the hammer engaged by a strong string.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this device that it will be strong and durable and not liable to easily break or get out of order.

This invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan. view of the improved device,

Fig. 2 a view showing the improved device in side elevation with av staple in place and the hammer held in a set position,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view in side elevation showing the hammer released and the staple bent to form the ring.

Fig. 1 is a sectional view taken on the line 4+4: of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

This improved device is provided with a handle 10 which carries a bar 11 which bar forms a support for other elements and is provided with a curved forward end portion 11 constituting an anvil.

The hammer 12 is pivotally mounted in a slot 13 formed in the bar 11 and is pro- Vided with a staple engaging head 14, a

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

Serial No. 307,294.

trigger or latching arm 15, and a lever arm 16, the free end portion of which is engaged by the spring 17. The second end portion of this spring 17 is connected with the tensioning lever 18 which lever is pivotally connected with the bar 11 and when in operative position extends substantially parallel to and in close relation with the handle 10 thereby placing the spring under tension and causing the hammer to operate properly as will be hereinafter brought out. In order to releasably hold the hammer in a set position against the tension of the spring there has been provided a latch indicated in general by the numeral 19 and provided with arms 20 which extend in spaced relation and are provided with depending rear end portions 21 and depending forward end portions 22. The depending rear end portions 21 are provided with openings 23 through which a pivot pin 24 may pass, the pin being passed through a collective set of these openings so that the hammer may be held in the desired position when the trigger arm 15 thereof is fitted into the socket 25 formed in the web 26 between the depending arms 21.

When this device is in use the staple 27 will be put in place with one end resting upon the anvil 11' and the curved end portion engaged by the hammer head 14. The hammer will of course first have been moved to the set position and the trigger arm engaged in the notch 25 of the latch. The hog will be held with its snout extending between the forks 28 of the guide secured to the bar 11 by a fastener 29 and when the snout of the animal engages the depending abutment fingers 22 of the arms 20 the latch will be swung to a releasing position thus releasing the hammer and permitting the hammer to be swung from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 3. As this spring is very strong the hamn'ier will cause the staple to be bent as shown in Fig. 3 and driven through the snout of the ani mal thus forming the ring and inserting the ring as desired. After the ring has been inserted and it is desired to release the ring from the clamped position between the head 14 and the anvil 11 the tensioning lever 18 will be swung forwardly from the position shown in Fig. 2 thus releasing the spring from tension and removing pressure from the ring. The device can then be easily removed from engagement with the animals snout andthe operation is completed. It

-. will thus be seen that there has been pro-' vided a device for the purpose specified whichis so constructed that the rings may be easily and quickly inserted with a minimum amount ofpain and further that the device will be eliicient in operation and not liable to get out of order or easily break.

The latch arm 15 is preferably provided with a laterally projecting guard 15 for engagement with the pivoted terminal of the latch 19 and an angular stop member 16 is secured to' the underside of the bar 11 and isengageable with the spring engaging terminal of the arm'16 whereby the swinging movement of the pivoted hammer is limited,

What is claimed is:

1. A ring inserting device comprising a main bar having one end portion bent to provide an anvil, a striker pivotally con nected withthe bar and having a depending lever arm, an upper latchlng arm and an extension forming a head-for engaging a staple positioned between the head and the anvil, a triggerpivotally connected with the bar for engaging the latching arm and having arms extending upon opposite sides of thestriker and terminating at their forward ends in depending fingers forming abutments, a guiding bracket connected withthe bar and having arms extending forwardly in flared relation upon opposite sidesof the 7 bar and abutment fingers, a tensioning lever pivotally connected with the bar, and resilient means connected at one end with the depending lever arms and at the opposite ends with the tensioning lever.

2, A ring inserting device comprising a carrying bar having its forward end portion constituting an anvil, a striker element pivotallyconnected with the bar and provided with an extension constituting a' latching arm and an extension constitutinga hammer head, atrigger pivotally connected with the bar for engagement with the latching-- arm to releasably hold the striker element in a set position and provided with arms extending upon opposite sides of the striker Copies o1! this patent may be obtained for element and terminating in abutment fingers, a guiding element having arms extending upon opposite sides of the striker and abutment fingers, and resilient means yieldably retaining the striker in a normal position.

3. A ring inserting device comprising a main bar, a striker element pivotally connected with the main bar at a point intermediate its length, the striker being pro vided with a staple engaging head extend ing for engagement with a staple positioned between the head and the bar, resilient means yieldably retaining the striker in a normal position, a trigger for releasably engaging the striker to retain the same out of its normal position against the tension of the resilient means, said trigger having an extension terminating in an abutment positioned in front of the staple engaging head.

4. A ring inserting device comprising a main bar, a striker pivotally connected with the main bar, a tensioning lever pivotally connected with the main bar, resilient means positioned between and connected with the striker and tensioning lever whereby the resilient means may be placed under tension to retain the striker in a normal position. and a latch for releasably engaging the striker to retain the same out of the normal position against the action of the resilient means, the latch being provided with an extension constituting an abutment whereby the latch maybe moved to release the striker.

5. A ring inserting device comprising a main bar, a striker movably connected with the main bar, a latch device coacting with HERMAN C. KLAPMEIER. ELMER KLAPMEIER.

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